Wheelbarrow



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F. E. PAY. 8

WHBBLBARROW.

No. 890,858. Patented 088.2, 1888.

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F. E. PAY.

' WHBBLBARROW.

No. 390,356. Patented O ot. 2,1888.

i UNITE FREDERICK EAY, or BRYAN, onto.

WH EELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390.356. dated OCtObl' 2 1889 Application tiled January 27, 1888. Serial No. 262,161. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. FAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryan, in the county of Williams and State 'of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheelbarrows; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to wheelbarrows, and has for its object to provide the barrow with a ldevice to be attached to the side thereof at the front and rear to hold the removable sides in place and to permit of the easy insert-ion and removal of the sides, and it is particularly adapted for use on what are known as box or tray barrows.

The device isof a construction that forms a loop or groove in which the'ends of the removable sides will it, so that while the sides maybe dropped into and lifted out of the slot or groove the outside or outer wall of the slot or groove will `hold the removable side in place. The construction may be of different forms for effecting the same result, and several of the forms will hereinafter be described; but it is not intended to limit the invention to any particular form. The invention will, however, be hereinafterparticularly described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Figure l is a perspective of barrow with one side-board removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective of front end of barrow, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, a similar view showing a modified form of iron; Fig. 4, a similar view showing another form; Fig. 5, a perspective of front end of barrow with a modified form of iron. Fig. 6 is a perspective of front end of barrow with one form of iron that may be used; Fig. 7, a rear end with another form of iron; Fig. 8, a front end View with another forni and showing the sideboard in place.

In the drawings there is shown a barrow with its body A made in hopper shape of the form shown, being composed of the removable sideboards B and the endvboards B', said endboards inc-lining inwardly from the top downwardly to vform the hopper-shaped body. These side-boards B may be flaring, but are preferably perpendicular, and are held iu place on the barrow by irons C, each iron constituting a slot, groove, or way, and may be a loop in which the sides will tit. The pre ferred form is that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the iron is composed of two upright rods or bars, D and E, one of themsay E- set forward of the other, as shown. These bars are connected together at their ends by necks F, the rods or bars where the .necks join them being formed. respectively, with eXtensions or lugs G and H. These necks form at each end of the bars or rods a depression, groove, recess, or way adapted to receive a part of the end of the removable sides B. The bar or rod E, which sets forward of the other,

will bear against the face of the removable sideboard when the latter is in place, and thus hold the side-board in place. The groove, recess, or way permits the side-board to be dropped into place and lifted when to be removed, and thus a box or tray barrow is formed with removable sides.

The irons G may be of any suitable form in cross-section; but it is preferred to make the bar 01 rod D flattened or oval on one side and flat on the other, so that it may fit close against the face of the front or rear endboard when in place, and so also may the rod or bar E be flattened on one face-say on the face which bears against the outer face of the removable side-board, as shown in Fig. 3. They may be secured in place by any suitable means-for instance, by screws passed through the rods or bars D into the end of the barrow, or otherwise.

The iron maybe east in one piece., as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be of metal bentinto form, as shown in the other figures. When the iron is made in either of the forms described, it is applied, preferably, so as to bring 'the upper edge below the top edge of the end of the barrow, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the bar D then lying against the outer face of the end-board with the bar E extending along the edge ofthe end-board, but away from contact therewith, so as to permit the side-board to fit in place. The bar or rod D, however, may be omitted, partially as shown in Fig. 4; but even in that event the grooves, ways, or recesses would IOO still be retained, as shown; but the iron is stronger when the rod D is made continuous. If desired, the rod D may be omitted altogether; and in that case the extension or lug G might be extended laterally or otherwise, as shown in Fig. 5, so that it may lie against the face of the end-board for the passage of a screw or other fastening to hold it in place. So, too, the extension or lug G may be omitted and the neck extended, so as to lie against the end-board; in which eveut-as, for illustration," in Fig. 7-the neck may lie on the top edge of the end-board; but even in such li'orm the dcpression, groove, or way is retained, the lug or extension H and the neck together forming the same.

If desired, the recess or groove may be omitted from one end of the iron, as shown in Fig. 7 but in such case I would arrange the irons on the barrow, so that at one end-board the grooved or recessed portion of the iron would be at the top of the board and at the other endboard it would be at the bottom, the end of the iron not having the groove or recess being extende laterally, so as to lie upon against the bottom of the secured thereto.

ion is to omit the bars D hus forming a hook, as t even in that case the ained, so that the sided into and lifted out of it. iforming the groove or d at only one end of the of the barrow being promed by the iron G, havlght angles and secured, l nstead of using screws or gs to secure the irons in ured by turning or bendng it into or else through clinching its ends, as art of Fig. 8.

constructions described way the irons will allow slipped down into place, ccess, and will securely )ut in place, and thus I uct a combined side and s the sides ofthe box or hovable. Furthermore, 1t the laterally-extended not only attached to the ions of the barrow, but creto, and that such lat- .ired ends hold the irons is, so that the side-boards simple in construction, m inexpensive to manuiily applied, and besides d supports for the side to protect or shield and f the barrow. It is obthat the two rods or bars D and E would be connected together throughout their length by a web; but such construction while having the groove would only increase the quantity of metal and add to the cost of manufacture. So, too, it is apparent that changes in the details of construction can be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The bottom I, instead of being smaller at the front than at the rear, as usual in this class of barrows, is made as wide practically at the front as at the rear, thus throwing more of the weight onto the wheel.

It will be understood that by the expression iron7 I do not mean that the device is necessarily made of iron, as it maybe of any suitable material, the expression being merely a designating phrase, whether the device be of metal or other material.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is 1. An iron for securing a side-board to a barrow, formed with a groove, recess, or way open across its top to receive and permit the end of the side-board to drop therein and be lifted therefrom, substantially as described.

2. The iron for securing the side-board to a barrow, composed of the two bars or rods connected together by a neclnforlning a groove or way to receive the end of the side-board, substantially as described.

3. The iron for securing the side-board to a barrow, composed of the rods or bars provided with extensions or lugs connected together by a neck to form a groove, recess, or way to receive the end of the side-board, substantially as described.

4. The iron for securing the side-boards to a barrow, composed of the two rods or bars connected together by a neck to form a groove or way, one of said rods or bars being set forward of the other, substantially as described.

5. rlhe combination, with the end-boards of a barrow, of irons vhaving their ends extended laterally, and rigidly secured to the upper and lower parts of the barrow at the front and rear ends thereof, to hold said irons out from the ends to form spaces for the reception of the ends of the side-boards, at least one set of which irons shall be formed into a groove or recess open across its top to permit the vertical movement of the side-boards therein, substantially as described.

G. The eornbination,with the front and rear end-boards inclined inwardly from the top to the bottom, of the removable sides, to form, in connection with the end-boards, a hopper'- shaped body, and irons secured to the front and rear ends of the barrow and set out from the ends to receive the ends of the side-boards, at least one set of which irons shall be formed into a groove or recess open across its top to permittheverticalmovement oftheside-boards therein, substantially as described.

7. A wheelbarrow having a hopper-shaped `he irons could be cast so box or tray formed withv inclined front and IOO IIO

rear ends and provided with side-boards removable independent of the front and rear endboards, substantially .as described.

8. A Wheelbarrow provided with 'a groove or recess at the sides of its end-board open across its top adapted to receive the end of the side-board and permit the same to be moved vertically therein7 substantially as described, for the insertion and removal of the sideboard, for the purposes set forth. Io

In testimony whereof I aflx my signatn re in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERCK E. FAY. Vitnesses:

C. A. BoWERsoX, R. L. STARR. 

